Sara's Costume Codex

24/12/2023

Happy Holidays everyone. I made a little Christmas book report for everyone.

Happy Holidays folks,A Christmas Carol is one of my favourite fantasy stories and fantasy always has something to teach us about how to human. So I took a lo...

06/12/2023

I have been doing a lot of reflecting and I decided to do some of it to camera in case it helps others.

Like a lot of people, I have been doing a lot of reflecting since HBomerguy's bombshell video. I was someone who was completely fooled at one point and I tho...

28/11/2023

Coming up this Sunday I will be joined by some friends to do a reading of A Christmas Carol raising funds for Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. Stream starts at 3pm pst

Join me and my YouTuber friends as we perform a lightly abridged version of Dicken's A Christmas Carol live on stream.

23/05/2023

I hadn't planned on this one, but I had a lot of thoughts, less on the documentary itself and more on some of the discourse around it. It's a difficult subject but I hope I added something useful.

There's been a lot of talk about the casting of Adele James as Cleopatra and not just from the usual antidiversity trolls. Egyptians are unhappy, but I haven...

01/05/2023

Hi friends

It's May Day and also one year since the One Scene for Hope started so I decided to make another of these playlists. No one has submitted anything yet, but I know a few people are working on videos. Anyway for now here's a video on one of my all-time favourite scenes, including a bunch of history and stuff. Trigger warning for Thatcher's face.

In the vein of my One Scene for Hope and One Scene for Joy playlists this May Day I wanted to discuss resistance and solidarity. And well there was once scen...

09/02/2023

I made a short-ish video talking about ethics and solidarity

There's been a lot of talk about ethics around this game and since I have some knowledge in this area I decided to put in my two cents. To learn more about t...

26/01/2023

Hi friends,

I know it's a bit late for one of these, but hopefully, it is still of interest. There's been a lot of buzz around bad representation in 2022, so I wanted to remind us of some of the good.

It's a complicated year for fat representation and I wanted to make a video looking at some of the mehs and celebrating some of the highs. If you have some e...

26/10/2022

https://youtu.be/IUpEPYrBBpg

I had a lot of complicated thoughts about the recent discourse around the Taylor Swift video and so I went on a bit of a ramble into the nuances here.

Strong content warning for discussions or ED and Weight Stigma issues.

I had a lot of thoughts about the images from Taylor Swift's recent video and the broader intersections around eating disorders, art and anti-fat bias. It's ...

01/10/2022

Happy October everyone. I have a new video and I am very proud of this one.

If you enjoyed One Scene for Hope I hope you will enjoy One Scene for Joy.For my entry, I chose a scene from the Hulu comedy Shrill. Fat joy is a rare thing ...

19/08/2022

New RFP Episode

Hal's problem isn't that he's shallow, it's that he's a misogynist. So what do two fat feminists make of the Farrelly Brothers' "valentine for fat people" Shallow Hal? Well, it certainly does make for an interesting discussion. Fair warning this film is extremely fatphobic and sexist.

We knew when we started this we would have to talk about this movie and so here it is. This is Ren & Sara discussing the character of Rosemary from 2001's Shallow Hal. A content warning that the film we are discussing is extremely fatphobic a...

12/08/2022

The first episode of Reel Fat People is live.

In our very first episode, Ren and Sara take a look at the characters of Willadean Dixon and Millicent Mitchellchuck from the 2018 Netflix film Dumplin'. Willa is a working-class mid-fat girl in smalltown Texas. She is dealing with a tense relatio...

09/08/2022

Friends if you enjoyed the One Scene for Hope playlist I hope you'll also enjoy One Scene for Joy. This time I am announcing the assignment publicly instead of a surprise. I hope you'll make your own video and watch this space for my contribution coming October 1st

https://youtu.be/tmwsUwQdRdU

09/08/2022

Friends if you enjoyed the One Scene for Hope playlist I hope you'll also enjoy One Scene for Joy. This time I am announcing the assignment publicly instead of a surprise. I hope you'll make your own video and watch this space for my contribution coming October 1st

If you enjoyed the One Scene for Hope playlist project then I hope you will take part in the next One Scene For... this time it's Joy! Assignment: make a vid...

05/08/2022

I have a new podcast!

Introducing Reel Fat People; a podcast where we, real fat people Ren and Sara, will discuss and evaluate representations of characters in film and tv. In thi...

25/07/2022

Hi friends

Talking about Persuasion got me in an Austen mood and I wanted to watch a good adaptation. So I made a plan to watch Clueless this Friday with two of my besties, Ren The Barbarian and Jack Kramme who I podcast with at Muppets, S*x, and Trauma you can join in the fun.
https://youtu.be/MGUKLPBtg70

Ren's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RenTheBarbarian

MS&T: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-9cHDhut44XA-hQ-RMw6Q

Talking about Persuasion got me in the Austen mood and I wanted to watch a good adaptation. Won't you join me and my friends Ren the Barbarian and Jack Kramm...

22/07/2022

New Video! Netflix made an attempt at adapting my favorite Jane Austen novel, only they somehow left out the main character, or at least everything that makes Anne Elliot who she is. I try to make sense of what happened here and to make a case for why Anne Elliot and her story matter.

Netflix just released a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion and it's really and truly terrible. So terrible I needed to talk about it. More than that ...

24/06/2022

Better Than Chocolate is a film I've got back to over the years as it's just that sweet and charming and optimistic at a time when things when the future didn't look so bright for LGBTQ folks. I figured we need a bit of that optimism now maybe more than ever.

https://youtu.be/H6kenzCnmEo

17/06/2022

It's Friday and
This is just to say
I have eaten
the bones
that were in
the botanist

and which
you were probably
saving
for Scopius

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so crunchy

in other words, it's time for Bone To Be Wild

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1749328/10808444
Video: https://youtu.be/ssFH4yK85F4

12/01/2022

I've rarely been as frustrated by a film where I was the target audience. I agree that climate change is a problem, but a good message does not a good film make. The messaging and satire in this film is kind of a mess and I wanted to talk about it.

https://youtu.be/kYCSk6W4srE

Climate change is a real existential threat to humanity but does this film add anything to the discourse? Is it a good film? Is it good satire? I feel it fai...

29/12/2021

New Video. I had a lot of thoughts after reading Lindsay Ellis's letter
https://youtu.be/qFlwk5ocrr4

Lindsay Ellis inspired so many of us, and clearly, it cost her. How do we do better? How do we make these conversations better? I have many thoughts but no a...

13/12/2021

New video.
I had some thoughts I wanted to share.

https://youtu.be/b0B1c4k9a_E

I was a teenage goth girl in the 90s, and so naturally I loved Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. But there is more to it than the cliche, and having learned of...

08/11/2021

New Video.
warning for spoilers.

https://youtu.be/5QU8ZMcJHDM

Once Upon a Time, there was a fairytale that spoke about the nature of repression and oppression, that spoke to hope and humanism. Fairytales have a way of f...

31/08/2021

I am working on a new proper Costume Codes video, but in the meantime I had some thoughts on this video and so I had a bit of a ramble.

https://youtu.be/rxwSsTCavOM

There is a lot that is good in Philosophy Tube's latest video delving into subjectivity and body issues. However, she missed an important aspect of the discu...

03/06/2021

New Video! I tell some personal stories about why I love Star Trek

https://youtu.be/lfGXtx7XdvE

10/05/2021

New Video
I discuss one kind of problematic costuming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZWG7oiGqQ&ab_channel=TheCostumeCodex

Fat Suits were in the news again and I thought it would be timely to explain why they are so dehumanizing. TL:DR please just hire fat actors.Resources:Fearin...

25/04/2021

I had a lot of thoughts and I tried to write a coherent, organized essay, but maybe it's too close or something. I don't know in the end I decided to share my messy disorganized thoughts and just let it be what it is.

https://youtu.be/yvFh5a4uJrI

Not a review, just my rather rambling thoughts on fatness, antifatness and Aubrey Gordon's book. The book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645819/wh...

25/03/2021

New Video
I take a deep dive into the design aesthetics created for the Narn and the Centari from Babylon 5. Looking at how the costumes, sets, and character design create a cohesive world that serves the story.

Heads up for discussion of colonialism and fascism, because Bab 5.

Babylon 5 is streaming in the US on HBO Max, maybe the rest of us will get it soon.

https://youtu.be/lwIdmH3MVu4

11/02/2021

I had a lot of thoughts about today’s revelations and I put some of them into a video.

https://youtu.be/W0sniFnbRi4

I had some thoughts I wanted to share on why I still love Buffy and more generally on abusive and toxic creators.Subscribe for videos about costume design in...